Loved ones of the employee killed near Jet Aviation on Sunday morning are grieving his loss and are baffled after his death flooded the headlines on Father’s Day.
The shocking death has left his children devastated.
Kara Stubbs, the mother of one of Rolle’s 12-year-old son wept, “My child is broken…Oh God, I promise you (Rolle) I will be the best mother to your son.
“This is hard.”
A friend said she knew Rolle to be a good provider for his son and “indeed a role model.”
“Every day I hear he’s (the son) by his daddy or grammy. I just don’t understand how people can be so cruel. We really don’t know how these things affect children.”
Thirty-eight-year-old Geovani Rolle was near his place of employment where he worked as a ramp manager when a gunman in a white vehicle shot a barrage of bullets and killed the father of two shortly after his arrival around 6 am.
“Gio was a super, super quiet guy. He could walk in a room and walk out the next side and nobody ever sees him or hears him. So this happening to Gio is baffling to us,” one family member lamented.
The suspect believed to be a 25-year-old pilot, was arrested later at the domestic terminal at Sir Lynden Pindling Airport.
“Thank God my cousin didn’t die right away to tell them who shot him,” cousin Garnique Johnson said.
A witness to the arrest said the suspect sat casually in the terminal. He had no idea the man had killed someone.
“I watch them (police) grab the dude. He was sitting so casual like nothing happened,” Tavaris Smith said.
Social media users linked a woman to the incident who is believed to be connected to both the suspect and the victim.
Rolle’s niece Tyesha Johnson sought to set the record straight clarifying that the suspect and the wife were no longer a couple as perpetrated by some social media users in a rush to judgment.
“Him and that girl were separated for a long time. He had already had a new girl and he killed my uncle over foolishness. This whole thing just piss[es] me off.”
Police said they are still investigating the murder and have not yet concluded that it was a result of a conflict between lovers, as suggested.
“There are some things that we are not certain of. Based on the information that has been presented, we don’t want to make a judgment call that it’s domestic. That’s a possibility. I don’t want to say it isn’t. But I can’t say it’s factual at this time.”
Rolle was his parents’ only son and fathered two boys.
Newbold’s sister said she wished she had called Newbold which may have discouraged her from taking the flight.
After news of her death circulated on social media, Newbold’s boyfriend, Tevin Newbold, with whom she shares a child, showed up at the airport and was informed of her death. He took to social media to express his disbelief.
Newbold’s sister says she will cherish the baby left behind. “Thank you for leaving such a beautiful gem here with me because you knew we’d need her to comfort us in your absence. You made it extra special by having me choose her name. Don’t even worry about her because she’s in the best hands.”
